Nuclear Energy Futures CDT Research Projects
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/nuclear-cdt/programme/nuclear-energy-futures-cdt-research-projects/
Projects available for October 2025
Applications are invited for the below projects.
Please ensure you have read our updated programme description before applying for projects.
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Due to the sensitive nature of the research being carried out, some projects may require you to be a UK national.
Short project description: In safety-sensitive industries, like nuclear generation, there is a need to make predictions on the envelope of safe use beyond the use of constitutive equations. Microstructural simulations, such as crystal plasticity modelling, can model features like grain size, morphology and texture. However, they are computationally demanding and it can be hard to translate measured microstructures into meaningful or representative statistical distributions. This project will expand our ability to make useful surrogate models of material behaviour during cyclic or multiaxial loading with an emphasis on the interfaces between models and measurements, model exploitation in FEA codes and full-chain uncertainty estimation.
Supervisor(s): Dr Matthew Peel (UoB)
Institution: University of Bristol
Further information: Funded by EDF Energy
Part-time:Not suitable for part-time study.
How to apply: E-mail your CV to Dr Jon Tate j.tate@imperial.ac.uk
Deadline: Ongoing until position is filled.
